6th May 2022 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership play-off Quarter Final, 2nd leg)

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Match Information

			former Jag Billy Dodds		Ian McCall			57y, 7m, 6d
					Richard Foster; Cammy Smith
					Ciaran McKenna; Alex Jakubiak
Austin Samuels (0-1, 29‎ mins)
Shane Sutherland (0-1, 29‎ mins)
David Carson; Reece McAlear; Danny Devine
Logan Chalmers (Cameron Harper, 66 mins); Austin Samuels (Aaron Doran, 66 mins); Billy Mckay (Joe Hardy, 79 mins); Reece McAlear (Lewis Hyde, 90+2 mins); Shane Sutherland (Scott Allardice, 90+2 mins)					Stuart Bannigan (Kyle Turner, HT); Cammy Smith (Alex Jakubiak, HT); Brian Graham (Juan Alegría, 66 mins); Kevin Holt (Steven Bell, 66 mins); Robbie Crawford (Connor Murray, 82 mins)
			former Jag Mark Ridgers		Jamie Sneddon			24y, 8m, 0d
			David Carson		Richard Foster			36y, 9m, 5d
			Robbie Deas		Stephen Hendrie			27y, 3m, 28d
			former Jag Danny Devine		Tunji Akinola			23y, 5m, 15d
			Kirk Broadfoot		Kevin Holt			29y, 3m, 11d
			former Jag Sean Welsh		Stuart Bannigan			29y, 7m, 19d
			Reece McAlear		Ross Docherty			29y, 3m, 13d
			Shane Sutherland		Robbie Crawford			27y, 10m, 14d
			Billy Mckay		Brian Graham			34y, 5m, 13d
			Austin Samuels		Cammy Smith			26y, 8m, 12d
			future Jag Logan Chalmers		Scott Tiffoney			23y, 8m, 10d
								28y, 5m, 17d
			Cammy Mackay		Andy Firth			25y, 7m, 10d
			Cameron Harper		Kyle Turner			24y, 5m, 26d
			Aaron Doran		Alex Jakubiak			25y, 8m, 9d
			Scott Allardice		Steven Bell			37y, 2m, 12d
			Joe Hardy		Ciaran McKenna			24y, 1m, 11d
			Lewis Hyde		Connor Murray			25y, 0m, 12d
					Juan Alegría			19y, 11m, 0d
					Ben Stanway			17y, 7m, 16d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Thistle filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Inverness filled only 6 of theirs.

Match Report

TTA report

AGG: 1-3. Thistle took the game to ICT but a mistake by Holt let in ICT for the winner (29) rather against the run of play. Graham hit the bar and was denied by a fine save but chances became scarce after half-time. Ultimately lack of punch up front and 3 mistakes/3 goals proved Thistle's downfall in the tie. No lack of effort but just not good enough.

Media report

Andy Campbell, 06-May-2022, bbc.com

Inverness will play Arbroath in the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final after completing an aggregate win against Partick Thistle. Having won Tuesday's first leg 2-1, the Highlanders extended their advantage through Austin Samuels' fierce strike. Brian Graham almost levelled on the night with a volley against the bar and a header that was superbly saved. Kirk Broadfoot came close to netting Inverness' fourth goal in the tie when his second-half header was kept out. Billy Dodds' side will host Arbroath in Tuesday's first leg, with the return at Gayfield next Friday. Both matches will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

Though the hosts had threatened through Logan Chalmers and Robbie Deas, their opening goal came during Partick's best spell of the first half. Robbie Crawford was unable to direct Scott Tiffoney's cross on target, Graham flashed a shot wide and Tiffoney was also off target. Inverness scored with the same combination that gave them their winner at Firhill, Shane Sutherland providing the pass and Samuels the finish. But the visitors could have cancelled that strike out with Graham's acrobatic volley rattling the frame of the goal and the striker then denied by goalkeeper Mark Ridgers' sharp reflexes. Partick could not maintain that intensity in the second half and Broadfoot's header forced a brilliant block by Jamie Sneddon, who later denied Sutherland.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to the BBC):

The three goals we lost over the tie all came from our errors. We made five or six really decent opportunities. There's a reset now because we know we've got a nucleus of a team good enough to challenge to win this league. I'd wish Inverness good luck in the semi-final.

Inverness CT manager Billy Dodds (speaking to the BBC):

It's a brilliant result. I'm so happy for the boys. I can't say I enjoyed the game, we weren't at our best. We're through and that's all that matters. It's a tremendous result to go through and have a crack at Arbroath. We deserved to go through over the piece.

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PARTICK THISTLE NIL

● The closing game of the 147th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 19-year-old Juan Alegría plays his last game for Thistle.

● 25-year-old Alex Jakubiak plays his last game for Thistle.

● 25-year-old Connor Murray plays his last game for Thistle.

● 27-year-old Stephen Hendrie plays his last game for Thistle.

● 36-year-old Richard Foster plays his last game for Thistle.

● 37-year-old Steven Bell plays his last game for Thistle.

● And so, for the 8th time out of 8 (2014 to date), the 3rd place team has eliminated the 4th place team in the Scottish Premiership play-offs.

● Predictably, the current crop finish the season with a zero on the scoresheet. They have scored 1 goal or less in 17 consecutive competitive games, the second worst such run in the history of the club, and a real embarrassment for a second tier season. The undesired record (18) was set by Murdo MacLeod's (relegated) top-flight side in season 1995-96.

ongoing sequences:

● 1 goal or less in 17 consecutive competitive games. (Longest run since the club-record: 18 games, 20th Sep 1995 to 9th Jan 1996.)

● 1 goal or less in 18 consecutive competitive home games, an extension of the club-record.

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Jamie Sneddon, 28th Aug 2021 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: James Penrice - 51 games, 7th Sep 2019 to 10th Apr 2021. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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